FMLP Playground

Join San Francisco Recreation and Parks and community partners to celebrate the grand re-​opening of this beloved community playground. A short ceremony will be followed by a nature walk near the lake and refreshments from Angelina’s Cafe! Bring the kids and be among the first to play on the new equipment!

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This $3 million dollar project was funded by the 2012 Clean & Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond, with support from the Friends of Mountain Lake Park Playground and the Presidio Trust.

The fundraising campaign for the new playground at Mountain Lake Park is coming to a close next week and we only have the last $25,000 to raise to make this playground a reality! It’s your last chance to support this project. It will be unlike anything else in the city or even the west coast. If you haven’t donated; please join our many supporters – we are so close!

Three families have stepped forward to offer a $75,000 Challenge Grant for this final phase. These families have pledged to match each donation dollar for dollar until we meet our goal of raising the last $150k. We have raised close to $50, 000 in these past few weeks and there is only another $25, 000 to go; every dollar counts!

The Friends of Mountain Lake Park Playground has committed that we will rai by October in time to begin construction this winter and open the new playground in 2015! Together with our architects Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, we have worked closely with the SF Rec & Park Department and SF Parks Alliance to make sure the design details are complete to meet this deadline. There are beautiful donor recognition opportunities for our generous supporters.

Thank you to all of our existing supporters. Please continue to help us in these last few weeks to meet our matching challenge with donations, leads to donations, and helping to spread the word of our successful project’s final fundraising push. If you have not already done so, don’t miss out. Consider making a donation today and join your friends and neighbors in building a very special playground for generations of San Francisco children to enjoy.

It is hard to believe summer is already coming to a close! We would typically save our updates until after the manic back to school period, but news like this is too good not to share!

Supervisor Mark Farrell, a steadfast supporter of our Playground project since its inception, was a strong advocate for FMLPP during the San Francisco budget proceedings. Recently, he successfully helped to secure an additional $250,000 in funding from the City for the playground renovation!

This additional funding, along with the funding from the 2012 Clean & Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond and our successful fundraising campaign this past spring, means that we only have the last $150,000 to raise to make our new playground a reality!

FMLPP, together with our architects Bohlin, Cywinski, Jackson, have worked closely with the SF Rec & Park Department and SF Parks Alliance to make sure we are poised to begin construction by this winter. We are on track to have the playground finished by the end of summer next year.However, we cannot begin construction until all of the funds have been raised.

We are grateful to each of you for being loyal supporters of our cause, as well. Please continue to help us in these last few weeks with donations, leads to donations, and helping to spread the word of our successful project’s final fundraising push. If you have not already done so, don’t miss out. Consider making a donation today and join your friends and neighbors in building a very special playground for generations of San Francisco children to enjoy.

As Richmond District mothers and San Francisco enthusiasts, we write you today to share the exciting news that the Mountain Lake Park Playground renovation is well underway and to ask you to contribute to its completion.

Three years in the making, Friends of Mountain Lake Park Playground (FMLPP) represents hundreds of community members who see the need for an updated and safer playground. We must raise the last $750,000 of our $3,100,000 project cost by Spring 2014. Please join us to help close this gap in funding to make our playground a reality.

In June, the SF Board of Supervisors and the SF Recreation and Park Commission unanimously approved plans for the new playground designed by award-winning architects, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. The design honors Mountain Lake’s unique historical site, recognized as the birthplace of San Francisco. Children of all ages and abilities will enjoy structures never before seen on a West Coast playground! The new playground will also have additional seating, expanded picnic and parents’ areas, and enhanced lake views to maximize the experience of the natural environment. For improved safety and accessibility, there are limited entry points, smooth surfaces throughout, and improved sight lines for watching multiple children. For more project details, please visit our website and donate. A project plan PDF is also available for your review.

FMLPP is a non-profit organization of neighborhood volunteers working in partnership with the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department [SFRPD] and the San Francisco Parks Alliance (our 501c3 fiscal sponsor). We are 80% of the way to having the necessary funds to make this playground a reality. We have accepted approximately $350,000 in donations and in-kind services and SFRPD, which oversees the park at 12th Avenue and Lake Street, allocated $2 million from its 2012 bond measure to help pay for improvements at the site. Without your generous support, we cannot move forward with construction, now set to begin in 2014, and have our new playground ready in 2015. Please join in enriching the lives of thousands of neighborhood families and securing the future of Mountain Lake Park Playground as a neighborhood treasure for generations to come. Please donate today!